Either the system on the hard drive has been corrupted and it can t boot from it or the hard drive itself is damaged.
Macbook no entry sign.
If your mac is using a firmware password the lock icon appears when you try to start up from another disk or volume such as an external drive or macos recovery enter the firmware password to continue.
Every potential issue may involve several factors not.
You don t say how old your macbook pro is so that could also be a factor.
Macbook pro 13 retina display late 2013.
But i keep seeing the no entry icon.
I then tried booting to the recovery drive and got nothing.
Mac os x has several bootup symbols including a universal prohibitory sign that indicates critical files are missing from the boot volume.
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Macbook no entry sign at startup grey screen more less.
When starting your mac if you run into a prohibitory sign and the system will not boot there are a couple of things you can try to address the problem.
Managing a prohibitory sign at os x bootup.
Thanks for the a2a.
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I was happily browsing the web when the macbook decides to freeze and reboot to the no entry sign.
Seeing a no entry sign after a new crucial m500 installation i just installed a new crucial m500 drive into my 2009 2 0 ghz mac mini.
Checked the connection to the ssd and it s absolutely fine.
Resolve boot issues showing prohibitory sign.